"Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning has become lost to us they no longer have even a name. The story on the other hand can never be lost from its place in the world for it is that place."

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"Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning has become lost to us they no longer have even a name. The story on the other hand can never be lost from its place in the world for it is that place."

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"People shouldn't just talk about you, they should tell your tales."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Story, People, Talk, Life

"Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Story, Connection, Life, Interdependence

"My life is my book, but I can't read it."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Story, Life, Self, Understanding

"Like it or not... that's my story and I can't do that or that each action by itself is a limitation."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Story, Truth, Reality, Power, Regret

"People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Story, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom, Future

"Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Story, People, Reflection, Life

"IF I can do it and you can do it, if I have a story and you have story."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Story, Truth, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

"The best stories will come from jail, the people which are in the prison, also and from the victims."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Story, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"Life is a great Book. We are writing the history of our time."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Story, Book, History, Life, Great

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", great story, great film."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Story, Storytelling, Truth, Power, Life

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"In a pocket of his knapsack he'd found a last half packet of cocoa and he fixed it for the boy and then poured his own cup with hot water and sat blowing at the rim.You promised not to do that, the boy said.What?You know what, Papa.He poured the hot water back into the pan and took the boy's cup and poured some of the cocoa into his own and then handed it back.I have to watch you all the time, the boy said."

Family

"Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that.You forget some things, dont you?Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget."

Memory

"On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world."

Faith

"Ah, they said. Qué bueno. And for a long time afterward, he would have reason to recall those smiles and reflect upon the goodwill that inspired them — for it had the power to protect, to confer honor, and to strengthen resolve. It had the power to hear men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted."

Reflection

"Each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins."

Psychology

"All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes."

Pain

"The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The last instance of a thing takes the class with it. Turns out the light and is gone. Look around you. Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all."

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"People shouldn't just talk about you, they should tell your tales."

"Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."

"My life is my book, but I can't read it."

"Like it or not... that's my story and I can't do that or that each action by itself is a limitation."

"People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around."

"Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today."

"IF I can do it and you can do it, if I have a story and you have story."

"The best stories will come from jail, the people which are in the prison, also and from the victims."

"Life is a great Book. We are writing the history of our time."

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", great story, great film."

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"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

"Life is a memory, then it is nothing. All law is writ in a seed."

"It takes very little to govern good people."

"Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that.You forget some things, dont you?Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget."

"On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world."

"Each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins."

"All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes."

"The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The last instance of a thing takes the class with it. Turns out the light and is gone. Look around you. Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all."